Kunde (pronounced: kün-dey, spelled: ཀུན་བདེ།) Institute, a center for Tibetan wellness and healing, was founded by Doctor Yangdron Kalzang in 2004. The name “Kunde” was given to the center by her root teacher, Kenpo Troru Tsenam Rinpoche, one of the most highly respected scholars of traditional Tibetan Medicine in Tibet. In Tibetan, “Kunde” means “may all beings be healthy, wealthy and happy.” Dedicated to the mission of benefiting all people with affordable, integrative health services, Kunde offers a variety of traditional Tibetan and Asian medical modalities. Offices are located in Daly City and Berkeley.
Mission Statement
Our vision is to continue the four thousand-year-old tradition of Tibetan Medicine through compassionate and mindful patient care, education, research, and community involvement.
Our Mission:
Kunde is dedicated to
Our Values
These values guide Kunde Institute to this day, and will continue to guide us until it exceeds our vision and mission.
Professionalism + Healing
Kunde is a center for Tibetan wellness and healing that provides the highest quality care to our patients through holistic healing approaches addressing physical, emotional and spiritual needs.
Compassion + Mindfulness
Kunde is influenced by Buddhist values. We provide compassionate care to every patient with mindfulness of the patient’s needs and conditions.
Teamwork + Integrity
Kunde revolves around teamwork. We value the contributions of all, blending the skills of individual practitioners through collaborations and leveraging the dedicated efforts of every team member.
Tradition + Innovation
Kunde practitioners bring quality traditional Tibetan Medicine and essence of Tibetan cultural values to the modern Western world through innovative modalities.
Community + Sustainability
Kunde is a community with a sustainable business model and a strong social and cultural mission: keeping Tibetan Medicine and Tibetan culture alive by inspiring and training a new generation of practitioners.
Inspiration + Leadership
Kunde serves as a platform for exhibiting the heart of Tibetan tradition. We value our ancestors’ wisdom and the knowledge they have left us. We are inspired to take leadership roles in the movement to keep Tibetan Medicine and Tibetan heritage alive.
Our vision is to continue the four thousand-year-old tradition of Tibetan Medicine through compassionate and mindful patient care, education, research, and community involvement.
Our Mission:
Kunde is dedicated to
- Provide quality Tibetan Medical patient care to the people in our community.
- Foster a compassionate and professional environment for practitioners, team members, students, and partners, which promotes professional growth and personal development.
- Build scientific understandings of traditional Tibetan Medicine as a long-lasting integrated medical system which can reduce mental and physical human suffering through interdisciplinary dialogues between Western Medicine, Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, and other medical systems.
- Develop collaborations with medical professionals, institutions, researchers, scholars, and universities to discover how Tibetan Medicine can have positive impact on the allopathic medical field and humanity as a whole.
- Support international and local cultural diversity by providing programs and organizing events.
- Promote and disseminate the essence of traditional Tibetan culture (Tibetan Medicine, language, logic, art, dance, astrology, Buddhism, and meditation) to younger generations and make Tibetan experience accessible in contemporary daily life.
- Give back to communities by initiating new social and cultural innovation projects in Tibet as well as supporting existing health and educational projects.
Our Values
These values guide Kunde Institute to this day, and will continue to guide us until it exceeds our vision and mission.
Professionalism + Healing
Kunde is a center for Tibetan wellness and healing that provides the highest quality care to our patients through holistic healing approaches addressing physical, emotional and spiritual needs.
Compassion + Mindfulness
Kunde is influenced by Buddhist values. We provide compassionate care to every patient with mindfulness of the patient’s needs and conditions.
Teamwork + Integrity
Kunde revolves around teamwork. We value the contributions of all, blending the skills of individual practitioners through collaborations and leveraging the dedicated efforts of every team member.
Tradition + Innovation
Kunde practitioners bring quality traditional Tibetan Medicine and essence of Tibetan cultural values to the modern Western world through innovative modalities.
Community + Sustainability
Kunde is a community with a sustainable business model and a strong social and cultural mission: keeping Tibetan Medicine and Tibetan culture alive by inspiring and training a new generation of practitioners.
Inspiration + Leadership
Kunde serves as a platform for exhibiting the heart of Tibetan tradition. We value our ancestors’ wisdom and the knowledge they have left us. We are inspired to take leadership roles in the movement to keep Tibetan Medicine and Tibetan heritage alive.